Derby SWP: Weekly Update #39

Monday 18 August 2014

Weekly Update #39

SWP Weekly Update

Hello comrades,

Welcome to this week's update from the Derby Socialist Workers' Party!

Free Palestine - Derby March and Rally

After killing nearly 2,000 Palestinians, Israel has agreed a ceasefire. But lasting peace cannot come until the occupation ends. This Saturday there will be a march and rally in support of Palestine that has been organised by a range of groups and individuals in Derby.

Assemble at Jamia mosque in Normanton at 10.30. The march will begin at 11.00 and end at The Spot for a rally, with speakers from a range of organisations, unions and faith groups. The rally will have 3 themes:

End the blockade of Gaza
End the occupation
Stop arming Israel

Join this campaign. Free Palestine!

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Branch Meetings

This Thursday we have our rescheduled Can trades unions change society?

Will unions lead the revolution - or be a barrier? Come along and find out what revolutionaries have to say - and join the discussion!

7 pm at the West End Community Centre, Thursday August 21st.

Next week we will be looking at the theory of intersectionality - how should we understand oppression in the modern world?

7 pm at the West End Community Centre, Thursday August 28th.

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People's March for the NHS

The People's March for the NHS is replicating the route of the Jarrow Crusade. The idea is to call attention to the Tories' plans to privatise and destroy the NHS. Trades unionists will join the marchers at various stages of their route, anyone who wishes to join them or support them be aware that they will be passing through:

Chesterfield 27th August
Mansfield 28th August
Nottingham 29th August

Upcoming Events

September 27^th – Stand Up to UKIP, Doncaster
October 18^th – London TUC: Britain Needs a Pay Rise
November 15^th Unite the Resistance national conference

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We are the Derby branch of the Socialist Workers' Party. The SWP is the largest revolutionary party on the left in the UK today.

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For socialism
The present system cannot be patched up - it has to be completely transformed. The structures of the parliament, army, police and judiciary cannot be taken over and used by the working people. Elections can be used to agitate for real improvements in people's lives and to expose the system we live under, but only the mass action of workers themselves can change the system.Workers create all the wealth under capitalism. A new society can only be constructed when they collectively seize control of that wealth and plan its production and distribution according to need.

For internationalism
We live in a world economy dominated by huge corporations. Only by fighting together across national boundaries can we challenge the rich and powerful who dominate the globe. The struggle for socialism can only be successful if it is a worldwide struggle.This was demonstrated by the experience of Russia where an isolated socialist revolution was crushed by the power of the world market - a market it could only contend with by becoming state capitalist. In Eastern Europe and China similar states were later established.

Against racism, imperialism and oppression
We oppose everything which turns workers from one country against those from another. We oppose all immigration controls and campaign for solidarity with workers in other countries. We support the right of black people and other oppressed groups to organise their own defence and we support all genuine national liberation movements. We campaign for real social, political and economic equality for woman and for an end to all forms of discrimination against lesbians, gay men, bisexual and transgender people.

Revolutionary party
Those who rule our society are powerful because they are organised - they control the wealth, media, courts and the military. They use their power to limit and contain opposition. To combat that power, working people have to be organised as well. The Socialist Workers Party aims to bring together activists from the movement and working class. A revolutionary party is necessary to strengthen the movement, organise people within it and aid them in developing the ideas and strategies that can overthrow capitalism entirely.We are committed to fight for peace, equality, justice and socialism. Join us.

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http://swp.org.uk/

Monday 18 August 2014

Weekly Update #39

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